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Grimm said:

Is it as good as his spoken word stuff?




It's along the same lines but his spoken word material is condensed down into annecdotes. The book consists of diary entries from 2002/2003 so it's more spread out. I've got a lot of Rollins spoken word CDs and I've seen him live on a couple of occasions, so whenever I read his books, I can hear his voice. There are some great moments in the book when he recalls his early days on the punk rock scene.

Some of the material is hard-going - Henry sets himself very high standards and expects everyone else to do likewise. When people fail to live up to his expectations he'll spend the next few pages complaining. Under the circumstances I suppose it's justified because a lot of the book deals with his efforts to raise money in support of The West Memphis Three who were convicted of killing three eight year old boys, but who were sent to jail on some very shakey evidence.

Last edited by backwards7; 2004-07-16 3:38 AM.